Communities real and imagined: designing a communication system for zimbabwean activists

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dc.contributor.authorHirsch, Tad
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-15T12:04:01Z
dc.date.available2017-04-15T12:04:01Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractIn this paper, I describe how various understandings of community activated the design of Dialup Radio, a mobile phone-based independent media distribution system for Zimbabwean civil society and human rights activists. I identify three distinct communities and discuss their influence on the design process. Finally, I consider the challenges activist designers face in simultaneously addressing the needs of present-day users and the imagined future communities their projects hope to create.
dc.identifier.doi10.1145/1556460.1556472
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherACM Press
dc.relation.ispartofCommunities and Technologies 2009: Proceedings of the Fourth Communities and Technologies Conference
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCommunities and Technologies
dc.titleCommunities real and imagined: designing a communication system for zimbabwean activists
dc.typeText
gi.citation.endPage76
gi.citation.startPage71
gi.conference.sessiontitleFull Papers

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